Being a small city, Williams does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Williams with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.19% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Williams in 2022 was $26,854, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $107,416 for a family of four. However, Williams contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Williams is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Williams home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Williams, accounting for 87.40% of the city’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Williams residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Williams include German, Italian, Ukrainian, French, and English.
Williams also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 39.66%.
The most common language spoken in Williams is Spanish. Other important languages spoken here include English and Langs. of India.
